I will tell you what cold bru coffee is and how to make it at home.
Surely many of my readers have tried cold coffee. But not everyone knows that such coffee is most often prepared without brewing. If you have tried frappe or dalgon coffee, then this is a bit different, these 2 drinks are prepared on the basis of instant coffee. Cold bru coffee is exactly the method of cold brewing coffee beans.
The first time I tried such coffee was when I was in the USA. I lived in Miami, and there this coffee is sold not only in the summer, but in general all year round. You can buy it not only in coffee shops, but also in any store.
The main charm of such coffee is (besides the fact that it is cold) that you can make it once and then drink it for a week. Let's show you how to do it.
Step by step recipe on how to make cold bru coffee
I grind coffee beans to coarse grains. I do not recommend it at all. Why, I'll tell you at the end.
This is important because finely ground coffee will extract too quickly and the coffee will have bitterness. In addition, coarse coffee is easier to filter.
I pour the coffee into a bottle, fill it with cold water and put it in the refrigerator for 12 hours.
Proportions. It is usually advised to first brew coffee in a 1: 4 ratio. That is, for 1 part coffee, 4 parts water. This is the standard in brewing cold coffee, and then you can experiment and increase or decrease the amount of coffee.
When the coffee is cold, the liquid will darken and become similar to regular coffee. Now all that remains is to strain and drink.
Important. Be sure to strain the coffee and store it without beans. If you leave the ground coffee in water, it will continue to infuse and the taste will become too bitter.
Why don't I recommend a very coarse grind or whole grains. The coarser the grind, the longer it takes to brew. For the sake of experiment, I decided to brew whole grains, and even after a couple of days the taste was very weak and the color hardly changed.
Did you know about this method of making coffee?